Chris Drury

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Position Center
Shoots Right
Nickname The Grand Drury, Captain Clutch, Captain America
Height
Weight		 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
202 lb (92 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams		 Buffalo Sabres
Colorado Avalanche
Calgary Flames
Nationality Flag of United States United States
Born August 20, 1976,
Trumbull, CT, USA
NHL Draft 72nd overall, 1994
Quebec Nordiques
Pro Career 1998 – present
Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City Ice hockey

Christopher "Chris" Drury (born August 20, 1976 in Trumbull, Connecticut) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. He is the younger brother of former player Ted Drury.

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[edit] Playing career

Drury first started playing youth hockey with Dave Foti for Greater Bridgeport Youth Hockey, while he was a child. His name and number (with the Colorado Avalanche logo) are painted above the entrance doors to the Classic Arena at Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport, CT. He is one of the only players to become a successful NHL hockey player from the South-West Youth Hockey teams, such as the BIG 4 (Mid-Fairfield Youth Hockey., Souther Youth Hockey Org., Darien Youth Hockey., and Greater Bridgeport Youth Hockey.

He later decided to go to Fairfield College Preparatory School along with his brother Ted Drury. Chris was the Assistant Captain of the Varsity Hockey team his senior year. The Captain was Rudolph Mauritz, who is a History teacher at the school today.

Chris and Ted Drury are the only players in Prep's hockey history to have their numbers retired. A banner hangs in the far left corner of Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport, (Fairfield College Preparatory School's home rink). They both wore the number 18.

Chris Drury was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques 72nd overall in the 3rd round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He won a state championship at the prestigious high school Fairfield Prep in Fairfield, CT where he was a four year letterman on the hockey team. He also played for Boston University for four years, winning a national championship in the 1994-95 season, being the runner-up for in the Hobey Baker Award in 1997, and winning the Hobey Baker Award in 1998, given to the best NCAA ice hockey player, in the 1997-98 season. Drury is considered one of the best players ever to don a Terrier uniform, being the first BU player to reach 100 career goals and assists, finishing with 113 and 100, respectively. He was also named the top defensive forward in Hockey East in 1997-98. He started playing in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche in the 1998-99 NHL season in which he won the Calder Trophy as the best rookie of the NHL. Drury was traded to the Calgary Flames on 1 October 2002, and then to the Buffalo Sabres on 3 July 2003. Drury's current role with the Sabres places him as a co-captain with fellow center Daniel Briere.

Drury competed for the United States in 2002 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics, 2004 World Cup of Hockey and several Ice Hockey World Championships.

Chris and his wife Rory have a daughter Dylan and a son Luke; the first child was born mid-December 2003.

[edit] Jersey Number

His current number 23 is to honor his childhood hero, New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly. During his career, he has also worn numbers 18 and 37.

[edit] Little League

Drury was the Championship Game's winning pitcher and MVP on the championship team from Trumbull at the 1989 Little League World Series, pitching a complete game 5-hitter.

[edit] Awards and Championships

[edit] Records

  • Only player in hockey history to win both the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and Calder Memorial Trophy.
  • Holds the record for most goals in Boston University Men's Ice Hockey history with 113.
  • Only Boston University ice hockey player with 100 goals and 100 assists.

[edit] Trivia

  • He is featured on the cover of the Sega game NHL 2K2.
  • Has surpassed his career high in goals in each of the past two seasons (06,07).

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994-95 Boston University Hockey East 39 12 15 27 38
1995-96 Boston University Hockey East 37 35 32 67 46
1996-97 Boston University Hockey East 41 38 24 62 64
1997-98 Boston University Hockey East 38 28 29 57 88
1998-99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 79 20 24 44 62 19 6 2 8 4
1999-00 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 20 47 67 42 17 4 10 14 4
2000-01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 71 24 41 65 47 23 11 5 16 4
2001-02 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 21 25 46 38 21 5 7 12 10
2002-03 Calgary Flames NHL 80 23 30 53 33 -- -- -- -- --
2003-04 Buffalo Sabres NHL 76 18 35 53 68 -- -- -- -- --
2005-06 Buffalo Sabres NHL 81 30 37 67 32 17 9 8 17 10
NHL totals 589 176 256 432 336 98 35 33 68 32


Chris has generally avoided fights during his NHL career, fighting twice in 1998-99 (Dave Gagner and Boris Mironov), just once in 2000-01 and 2002-03 (Todd Marchant and Richard Zednik), and twice in 2003-04 (Tomas Kloucek and Francis Bouillon)

[edit] International play

[edit] Quotes from Drury

  • After a July 2003 trade from Calgary to Buffalo: "I just don't know what to think. I play in Colorado, they tell me they like me, and I get traded. I play in Calgary, and at the end of the season the GM tells me he likes me, and I get traded. I just hope my fiancee doesn't tell me she likes me." [1]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Jamie. 2003 Hockey Quotes of the Year. About.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.


Preceded by
Miroslav Satan		 Buffalo Sabres captains
November 2003		 Succeeded by
James Patrick
Preceded by
Daniel Briere		 Buffalo Sabres captains
March-April 2004		 Succeeded by
Daniel Briere
Chris Drury
Preceded by
Chris Drury		 Buffalo Sabres captains
2005- present
co-captains with Daniel Briere		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Brendan Morrison		 Winner of the Hobey Baker Award
1998		 Succeeded by
Jason Krog
Preceded by
Sergei Samsonov		 Winner of the Calder Trophy
1999		 Succeeded by
Scott Gomez
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